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Intravenous Indomethacin and Oxycone‐papaverine in the Treatment of Acute Renal Colic. A Double‐blind Study
Author(s) -
JÖNSSON P.E.,
OLSSON A. M.,
PETERSSON B.Å.,
JOHANSSON K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1987.tb04833.x
Subject(s) - papaverine , medicine , renal colic , double blind , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , pain relief , prospective cohort study , surgery , placebo , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary— In a prospective double‐blind, cross‐over study, 61 patients with acute renal colic were treated with either indomethacin (50 mg) or oxycone‐papaverine (5 mg + 50 mg) administered intravenously. For those patients requiring a second injection the drugs were reversed. The intensity of pain was evaluated before and 20 min after each injection according to an analogue visual scale 0 to 100. Both drug regimens provided comparable and significant pain relief; a pain score of <20 appeared to be satisfactory and was achieved in almost all cases.